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  • Kes
  • Kes review by A customer from North London
    Rated - 5 stars Classic British Northern Grit - sets the bar 5 June 2004
    ...of school teachers from two ends of spectrum - comically egositical PE bully vs Colin Welland's supportive and intuitive educator....  

Colin Welland - filmography


  • Straw Dogs - BLU-RAY Version
  • Straw Dogs - BLU-RAY Version (1971)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Susan George,  Peter Vaughan
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Sam Peckinpah's brutal thriller, a quiet, peace-loving American (Dustin Hoffman) moves with his British-born wife (Susan George) to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed by the locals. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 65 members
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  • Kes
  • Kes on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Colin Welland,  David Bradley,  Brian Glover
    Director: Ken Loach
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Rebellious Billy Casper (David Bradley) finds that training a kestrel takes his mind off his troubled home life and the bullies at school. Set in the Northern English town of Barnsley, the film is a gritty slice of working-class life in the �60s. Based on the Barry Hines novel A KESTREL FOR ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 10,082 members
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  • Helen Mirren At The BBC
  • Helen Mirren At The BBC (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Stanley Baker,  Brian Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set Comprises: 1. The Changling (1974) 2. The Apple Cart (1975) 3. Caesar & Claretta (1975) 4. The Philanthropist (1975) 5. The Little Minister (1975) 6. The Country Wife (1977) 7. Blue Remembered Hill (1979) 8. Mrd Reinhardt (1981) 9. A Midsummer Nights Dream (1981) 10. Cymbeline (1983) ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 79 members
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Colin Welland facts

5 most recent films

Sweeney Double Feature, The - Sweeney 1 / Sweeney 2 - 3.5 stars
Sweeney! - 3.5 stars
Straw Dogs - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Kes - 3.5 stars
Helen Mirren At The BBC - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Sweeney Double Feature, The - Sweeney 1 / Sweeney 2 - 3.5 stars
Kes - 3.5 stars
Dennis Potter - Blue Remembered Hills - 3.5 stars
Sweeney! - 3.5 stars
Straw Dogs - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Helen Mirren At The BBC - 3.0 stars
Straw Dogs - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Sweeney! - 3.5 stars
Dennis Potter - Blue Remembered Hills - 3.5 stars
Kes - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Diane Keen - 2 times - show films
Michael Elphick - 2 times - show films
Ian Bannen - 2 times - show films
Helen Mirren - 2 times - show films
John Thaw - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Wickes - 2 times - show films
Ken Loach - 1 times - show films
none - 1 times - show films
Brian Gibson - 1 times - show films
Tom Clegg - 1 times - show films